Sawyer Pollard

Digital Director at The Amherst Student
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New York City Metropolitan Area

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Credentials

  • Physical Science (Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, C.S., Mathematics and Statistics) RCR
    CITI Program
    Jun, 2021
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • The Amherst Student
    • United States
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Digital Director
      • Sep 2021 - Present

      • Architected a new website for the nation’s oldest weekly college newspaper • Improved page speed, SEO, and mobile experience, contributing to a 2x increase in monthly visitors • Manages a team of student designers and developers through weekly one hour meetings to optimize the web experience • Architected a new website for the nation’s oldest weekly college newspaper • Improved page speed, SEO, and mobile experience, contributing to a 2x increase in monthly visitors • Manages a team of student designers and developers through weekly one hour meetings to optimize the web experience

  • Hanneke Ion Trap Lab
    • Researcher
      • Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

      • Designed ultrahigh vacuum control software using RS-485 serial communication and LabView • Validated wavemeter accuracy with laser spectroscopy of hyperfine transitions in potassium-39 • Optimized and fabricated three unique photodiode circuits for high-power lasers of various wavelengths • Designed ultrahigh vacuum control software using RS-485 serial communication and LabView • Validated wavemeter accuracy with laser spectroscopy of hyperfine transitions in potassium-39 • Optimized and fabricated three unique photodiode circuits for high-power lasers of various wavelengths

  • IBM
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Summer Research Student
      • Jul 2017 - Sep 2019

      • Completed research in the field of machine learning and data science by architecting a system for the disambiguation of entities in natural language processing • Conducted research on the IBM Watson Assistant team to extend the capabilities of Assistant to new platforms • Designed full stack software systems for Watson Assistant • Worked on the OpenScale team designing novel ways to explain complex machine learning models to end users • Completed research in the field of machine learning and data science by architecting a system for the disambiguation of entities in natural language processing • Conducted research on the IBM Watson Assistant team to extend the capabilities of Assistant to new platforms • Designed full stack software systems for Watson Assistant • Worked on the OpenScale team designing novel ways to explain complex machine learning models to end users

Education

  • Amherst College
    Pursuing Bachelor of Arts - BA, Prospective Computer Science and Physics
    2020 - 2024
  • Hastings High School
    High School Diploma, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science A, AP Physics C, AP Chemistry
    2016 - 2020

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